Previous thought for the month
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
Edmund Burke
Now ponder ....
How proactive are you in supporting your success?
How often do you find yourself supporting others inaction?
Do you support an illusions that doing nothing is better than doing something?
Challenge some of your thinking and see what happens.
"Things evolve to become even more complex - not more simple.
Those who have got used to the complexity no longer notice it and even add more elements, so increasing the complexity even further."
Edward de Bono
Now Ponder
How have you contributedto the complexity?
If you could redesign your process from sratch would you do things in the same way or differently?
What is the most simple yet progressive action could you take now?
"It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value."
Arthur C Clarke
? How well is you logic and intelligence serving your purpose.
? Is there evidence that might suggest that you are too dependant on logic and reasoning to get you through.
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
Mark Twain
Now Ponder
Look around the people you associate with. How much time are you investing with people who are simply out to mar your ambitions?
What can you do to minimise or irradiate the affect they are having on you and you aspiration?
April 2009
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you"
William James
How often do you find yourself giving up before reaching your goal?
What needs to happen to introduce a better long game perspective.
How do measure the value of your actions?
"The worst bankrupt in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
H W Arnold
In these difficult times it is worth pausing and conducting a personal review on your state of mind.
Are you still able to maintain a constructive outlook, an attitude designed for success, a mindset that is wilful and persistent? Are you able to enthuse those serving you?
Take the time to ponder and take the necessary steps to improve where possible.
? Are you letting others assume something detrimental about you.
What are you acceptant and tolerant of that allows others to believe that something is acceptable when in effect it is not?
What is your attitude teaching? (Does it teach openness and transparency? Does it teach what is acceptable or what is not acceptable?
Do you teach criticism?
Do you teach fear?
Do you teach good?
Example:
Not acknowledging that someone has done well in a specific area of their work.
Teaches that you do not get anything for doing well.
Personal learning. You will experience a sense of being unappreciated.
Georges Philips and Associates Business Consultancy
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